New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1887-04-26
LADY LY11UY's "YINDICATYOM.n
STORY OF MATRIMONIAL INFELIcIrY.
trom 1Ae Ht. Iamts,s 0azette.

Fyom TIE st. Jdmsss Gazette
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Lady Lytton published in vindication Of Her MeMs
the bsveS Se rS sssSR
brief indication Of the character Of the work. WHICH
The book opens with an interesting account Of Miss
wheclcrs early life and surrounding sne nps' and
was struck by his dandihed appearance lie had
Just returned from Paris and was TspiGnee1 robweh
sanSc snre1t triumph Of s ace. and sSun s%
sra Ssa4s 1sye except babies
studs too except In racing stables, were then non
SSt he Rss ssa 81 %
hair, which really golden, elltteringly golden
% Mss 0VS a
fall so deeply in with Bulwer as he, apparently
humber n Of very Inflated compliments The end q it
that after Miss Wheeler hal twice. icfnse s AIM
they were married in August, 1897. II Is aiegea ia
this BOOK that she brought her husband $500 year
but there i admittedly some doubt on the pG moG,hs
older than he; although he aerwaGd sxe Sat
n INDUCING Of MS IN 5CySood 20
old enough Ss m 60 sS hs s
Months after the wedding NEARLY month S be sSs
the birth Of her daughter Mrs B9sf as much ' as
possible in literary LAHORE and on that oeca s"m
had Pns him Norm by out se;sdE
Ing had lain down on the SOFA wntn ny Volume
and and master ta pSrso.e ses 70 70
Edward She said, Il cannot do MORE l am SO treu. ed,
5 II Ssr IN .h Of s sSy NJ
from the pain Wien sho sne oa nsre
S SGrR he bis p%al domestic M Sns
phaseolosy he declined to ALLOW his % Mr hm% S
maid nS d'n at S Sg Time and down Mss
Byne and deposition 81 her ne Is Of hs brutal RACES
licked and banged dyshp about the stone On nOOe
TN she was Hn sSes a Mere dining together
carving rushed at his wife, when o sn Won er are
9out,' when he dropped the knife, and springng on
her like tiger mad his teeth meet In her ley anv
one 'e except t' awer and his Wife, present when
This happened and the story rests Hsr record Of this
and incidents BY the way Is N the ST he
curious firm Of series Of The ,es rsnS and RISEN male
generation OF Great Britain" in which 1t Is B9iwer
who slcaAs, in language put INTO MS ii0"'h W "''
In consequence of the caryinsknte episode sep
Dnlwer took chambers for himself In the Albany, anu
from which copO1s extracts the are onenes he Which
Buiwer left her engendcred morbid frame OF mind ma
S1S sG c SHaiannSfnS s ~ end Of quite uasc
F%qayv aothg 70 a Mee returned with his
nmlaJio eplcurean debauche friend, Mr. f. w. after i
he " could not be here one day alone.
March 1tFro% crying eonshnga 2na vi0i oS
nv Godi my Codl when will You take mel
Very aftcrward the final rupture TOOK Piaoc
Ing at Berrymead But at nine O'Clock message |
arrived that he @ vi ana @ae sdS started
London and surprised him under circumstances whcn
TSSts IN in fo T1es @ Culver
during life and $40 eaeh for 5 asr e tSS
such child' shoai remain with her II at this tine
as year. e sese allowances S we're
CANT His wife speaks of the deed as s
Hastings Il. u.
juno IA, 1856, Mrs Bulwer, with her children
"For nearly foys years was this n% unhappy as lady
istcnees pcrpcaaiiy harred by, creditors and puT-
qa S the yesr wS little nss
had been regularly paid but it was not eve take take
their The sy Of But 'SSa Without
Through the agency Of false friend the affection aSd
finally they wcrS taken from her Going to live with
OF ugliness," swindlei out Of some hundred.
Of S and had t. ss to 80 eh that he
set spies upon her. circulated the Sassst ~ her
novels. and reduced her relations with her children
to formal correspondence In is59 Lady Bgwep
Paris where Sir Edwards brother Henry was Secretary
Of Legation. Here" she writes BEGAN the organ
foul eonspiracies. which have never for one moment
It is impossible to give in few words an idea |
the bitterness which subsised between the husband
a aSs % psr n a Continued At ansaen an
tempt made, "f not TO poison her, at all events
seriously to njure her health" This was in 1884, |
when "Slr Edward was giving out all over London |
that was quite mad" In 1857 she published her |
"Appea1 TO the Justice and Charity OF the English |
People," which brought her little money though In
sufficient even to pay her debts. She writes that |
"she hopes TO nave nice long drive In her |
bearse =" that IL without literally pennypiece
In the world; :" that she sis nearly mad from total
want sleep;n and that she is slaving at another
book :" though writing as the most torturing and
detrimental thing to my chest possible" SO that |
awhile write have to hold my handkerchief with |
my left hand TO my mouth TO prevent the blood gush
ing OUT The next Incident OF importance is Lady |
Jyttons sudden appearance the hustings at HeTt-
ford where her husband candidate. "Sir |
Liars head fell literally he had been shot |
he staggered against the post, and seemed not TO |
have strength to then said, in loud. calm
and stern voice, Sir Edward George Earle Bulwer |
lytton, not In the habit OF stabbing n the
back it Is to you, In the first instance, that adj
dress myself Sir LIAR with his hands before |
his face, made rush from the hastings The mob |
began 10 hiss and cry. All, coward he's guilty he
ost no time In resortng to the desperate expedent
Of incarceratng his wife In lunatic asylum" How
this design was carried out Is well known. 1t Is
alleged Lord Lyttons side that he acted bona fde
believing that his wife insane: but the allegations
here, of course that be instieatcd vile con-
eplcy. Lady Lyttons account OF the affair Is given
at length. Sir Edward Colonial Secretary under
Lord Derby; and the hubbnb raised about his wifes
Incarceration so great that she had to be set at
liberty.